Fact Checking and Bias
- AllSidesA website that rates the bias of news stories and other articles, labeling them according to where they fit on a political spectrum from left to center to right.
- FactCheck.orgA project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center that checks the accuracy of political statements, news, and claims.
- Media Bias Fact CheckAims to call biased or deceptive news and media practices.
- PolitiFactRun by the Tampa Bay Times (which is owned by journalism school the Poynter Institute), this site checks and ranks political claims.
- The Poynter Institute / Fact-Checking ResourcesThe Poynter Institute develops resources for journalists and writers, plus offers resources on fact checking and media literacy for the general public.
- Washington Post Fact CheckerFact checks political and governmental topics.
Browser Plug-ins
- HoaxyVisualization tool that shows the path of fake news as it spreads.
From the Start
Lost News
- Data RefugeDataRefuge archives federal data and supports climate and environmental research and advocacy.
- End of Term Web ArchiveThis site first harvested Federal Government web pages in 2008 at the end of the Bush administration and did the same in 2012 for the Obama administration.
- The Memory HoleThe Memory Hole saves important documents from being taken offline and digitizes information that previously was only available in print.
- Wayback MachineThe Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that archives web pages. To use its Wayback Machine, enter the URL of the site you are looking for. It will search for that address and display the page, if it is available.
